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Salvini insulted magistracy

Possible trial wd start 'before summer'

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Turin, February 19 - Turin prosecutors on Tuesday successfully asked judges to set a date for a possible trial of Interior Minister Matteo salvini for allegedly insulting magistrates.
    The trial, if it goes ahead, will come before the summer, judicial sources said.
    For any trial to take place, the deputy premier's parliamentary immunity would have to be lifted.
    "I'm not afraid or anyone or anything," Salvini said.
    Salvini, whose prosecution has been asked for allegedly kidnapping some migrants aboard a coast guard ship in a standoff with the EU but who is unlikely to stand trial for that, has often criticised the judiciary.
   

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